Assessment of groundwater quality for irrigation: A case study from bandalamottu lead mining area, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, south India

Applied Water Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 385-396

  Nagaraju, A ^a   Sunil Kumar, K ^a   Thejaswi, A ^b  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alkalinity hazard; Bandalamottu area; Groundwater quality; Hydrogeochemistry; Irrigation; Salinity hazard; South India

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HARDNESS; HAZARDS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SODIUM CARBONATE; WATER HARDNESS;

ABSORPTION RATIO; ALKALINITY HAZARD; ANDHRA PRADESH; BANDALAMOTTU AREA; CASE-STUDIES; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GUNTUR DISTRICTS; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; SALINITY HAZARD; SOUTH INDIA;

ALKALINITY;

ALKALINITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; LEAD; MINING; SATURATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANDHRA PRADESH; GUNTUR; INDIA;

EID: 85114073037     PISSN: 21905487     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-014-0154-1     Document Type: Article

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